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Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:23
PM
Subject: [FOSS Nepal] Re: Wikipedia for
schools launched
sweet!
On 5/30/07, Subir
Pradhanang <subirbp-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi
all,
This seems to be a really good one for schools! Hey Shishir,
Jwalanta, Bhaskar, Amit and all the others interested, check it out! Coz
it's really going to be useful for the future LTSP projects :)
http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src="">
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Wikipedia
for schools launched
By Staff Writer
30 May,
2007
Volunteers at the English Wikipedia and SOS Children have launched the Wikipedia Selection for
Schools.
The selection's articles have been cleaned up and
checked for suitability for children, avoiding adult content. It includes
the best of Wikipedia as well as many thousands of pages of extra
material specifically selected to be of interest to children who follow the
UK National Curriculum and similar curricula elsewhere in the world.
The entire selection is said to be roughly equivalent to a 15 volume
encyclopaedia with 24 000 pictures, 14 million words and articles on 4 625
topics.
Aside from being accessible on the site, it is also possible
to download the entire selection via BitTorrent (2.5GB compressed with full
size images, 792MB compressed with only thumbnail images).
Hilton
Theunissen of Inkululeko said that
they will gladly send copies to anyone who wants. Theunissen added that the
digital encyclopedia will also be made available at all tuXlab schools around the country.
Florence
Devouard, chair of the Wikimedia Foundation, said: "The Wikimedia Foundation
aims to encourage the development and distribution of reference content to
the public free of charge: this project is an excellent example of free
resources being offered to a particular audience which we warmly encourage,
and are proud to support."
Dr Andrew Cates, of SOS Children and
himself a Wikipedia administrator, said: "Wikipedia offers a fantastic
learning resource. We are delighted to have been able to play a part in
increasing the number of children who will be able to benefit from it. We
are indebted to the volunteers in our offices and on Wikipedia who helped
check articles and to the Wikipedia community for their help with this
project."
It is intended to extend and update the selection
periodically.
To download the 792MB version of the Wikipedia
selection, right click and save the following link/target, here.
To request a DVD copy, email info-COU+9wU20e7PKWblFCUSJw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and
put "Wikipedia for Schools" in the subject field.
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Cheers,
Subir
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